156 HELICID^. 



as abundantly as in H. hirsuta ; and the difference in 

 the two species is that in the latter, the hairs are erect, 

 while in ff. spinosa they are prostrate. Unfortunately, 

 the engravings were made from specimens destitute of 

 hairs. — G.] 



26. HELIX GERMANA, Gould. 

 Plate XL.a. Figuee 3. 



H. testa parva, imperforata, globoso-lenticulari, ad peri- 

 pheriam sub-angulata, epidermide rufo-corneo, sparsim hir- 

 sute induta ; anfractibus Sg- convexis ; sutura impressa ; 

 apertura lunata, lamina alba, obliqua, erecta, munito ; labro 

 incumbente, reflexo, roseo. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell small, solid, imperforate, depressed, low-conical 

 above, convex beneath, slightly angiilar at periphery, 

 covered with a scabrous, rusty horn-colored epidermis, 

 beset with scattered hairs. Whorls five and a half, 

 closely revolving, separated by a well impressed suture ; 

 aperture lunate, the basal portion being but shghtly 

 curved, and tui-ning upward at a rather sharp angle ; 

 lip incumbent, with a deep stricture behind it, moderately 

 reflexed, roseate ; on the intruding portion of the penult 

 whorl is a distinct, oblong, erect, white tooth, not con- 

 nected with either extremity of the lip. 



Diameter three-tenths of an inch ; axis one-fifth of an 

 inch. 



